N54 intake valve horror!

Mr. 5 · 04-26-2011, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Rotorocious

Mine had oily crap near the head section.
Even the throttle body had very little liquid oil on it.

I poured some cleaner in it and swished it around and it came out black a few times.(Cleaner went in clear)

True.
Mine was pretty clean but I think the meth helped with that.

Tzu · 04-26-2011, 11:43 PM

Hmm....wouldn't a dremel with a flex shaft and a few different wire brushes do this much easier? Maybe the nylon brushes?

Rotorocious · 04-26-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Tzu

Hmm....wouldn't a dremel with a flex shaft and a few different wire brushes do this much easier? Maybe the nylon brushes?

possibly but I didn't want to risk removing any metal.

momstmg78 · 04-26-2011, 11:56 PM

when I cleaned my valves a little over a week ago, I used a flex shaft dremel with wire brush tip. It helped alot.

luca335i · 04-27-2011, 10:43 AM

Hey dz. Can you pm me the shop who did the work for u? May wanna get that done. Disgusting!

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